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CHAPTER II
ROLLING STOCK
ARTICLE 370.
Germany undertakes that German wagons shall be fitted
with apparatus allowing :
(1) of their, inclusion in goods trains on the lines of such of
the Allied and Associated Powers as are parties to the Berne
Convention of May 15, 1886, as modified on May 18, 1907,
without hampering the action of the continuous brake which
may be adopted in such countries within ten years of the
coming into force of the present Treaty, and
(£) of the acceptance of wagons of such countries in all
goods trains on the German lines.
The rolling stock of the Allied and Associated Powers shall
enjoy on the German lines the same treatment as German
rolling stock as regards movement, upkeep and repairs.
CHAPTER HI
CESSIONS OF RAILWAY LINES
ABTICLE 371.
Subject to any special provisions concerning the cession of
ports, waterways and railways situated in the territories over
which Germany abandons her sovereignty, and to the financial
conditions relating to the concessionaires and the pensioning
of the personnel, the cession of railways will take place under
the following conditions :
(1) The works and installations of all the railroads shall be
handed over complete and in good condition.
(2) When a railway system possessing its own rolling stock
is handed over in its entirety by Germany to one of the Allied
and Associated Powers, such stock shall be handed over com-
plete, in accordance with the last inventory before November II,
1918, and in a normal state of upkeep*
(3) As regards lines without any special rolling stock,
Commissions of experts designated by the Allied and Asso-
ciated Powers, on which Germany shall be represented, shall